Railway-tie.



C. SGHAFFE-R.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 9, 1914.

1,107,116, Patented Aug. 11, 19m

A TTOR/VEYS Clzarlew Ye-W7 UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

CHARLES SCHAFFER, OF FLORENCE, ARIZONA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHN W. BROWN AND ONE-THIRD TO PATRICK GORHAM, BOTH 0F FLORENCE, ARIZONA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 9, 1914. Serial No. 844,003. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SCHAFFER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Florence, in the county of Final and State of Arizona, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Tie, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Objects of my invention are to provide an improved metallic railway tie, together with a novel arrangement of supporting blocks therefor, as well as tie straps to be employed in connection with the ties and blocks at the joints, the purpose being to form a substantial support for the rail; to provide for assembling the parts so that a proper alinement will result; and to afford an eifective bracing means for the rails and for resisting the contraction and expansion of the rails.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a railway track embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is across section of one of the ties on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In constructing a practical embodiment of my invention as illustrated, blocks 10 are formed, preferably of concrete, which are adapted to be disposed beneath the ends of ties 11, in the form of I-bars. The upper face of each block has a seat 12 therein, ranging from the inner end past the center and terminating short of the outer end of the block, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The seats of the opposite blocks receive the ends of the ties snugly, and present end walls or shoulders 12 on the blocks which serve to position the tie and space all the blocks equally, the base flange of the tie being caused to abut against the said shoulders 12. The base flange of each tie 11 projects beyond the web and head of the I-beam tie, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and bolts 13 are employed, which extend through projecting ends 11 of the tie and through the block 10. Preferably the bolts have removable nuts 14 at both ends, so that either nut may be removed as convenience may require. Near each end of each tie inward from the end flanges 11 thereof, transverse openings 15 are formed of a shape to receive the flange and lower portions of the web of the rails 16. Thus the said openings are of inverted T-shape and will permit the end of the rail to be slipped through the tie. Secured by bolts 18 and nuts 19 at the joints of the rails 16, fish plates or angle bars 17 are employed as usual. WVith my invention the joints may be opposite each other, or the rails may break joint: I have illustrated the joints as opposite each other. In addition to the seats 12 for the ties, depressed seats 12 are provided in the top of each block at right angles to the seats 12. The seats 12 receive the rail and they are depressed to a less extent than the seats 12 for the ties, so that the base flange of the tie will lie flush with the said rail seats 12*. The blocks 10 adjacent to the joint are set close together, so that the respective ties 11 supported thereon will be brought close up against the ends of the fish plates 17. In order to connect the adjacent ties at the joint, straps 20 are employed running lengthwise of the track and secured by the bolts 13 and nuts 14. Washers 21 may be employed between the straps 20 and the projecting ends of the ties.

It will thus be seen that the straps 20 connect the adjacent blocks and adjacent ties, and that the ties to which the straps are secured will, by engagement with the ends of the fish plates 17, resist contraction and expansion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

1. In a railway, end blocks, ties in the form of I-beams extending between said blocks, the blocks having depressed seats in the top terminating short of the outer ends of the blocks and receiving the ends of the ties, the base flanges of the ties being continued beyond the web and head of the ties,

depressed rail seats on the blocks crossing 100 the seats for the ties, and bolts passing through the projecting ends of the base flanges of the ties and into the said blocks, the said ties adjacent to the ends thereof having openings for the passage of the base 105 flanges and the webs of the rails.

2. In a railway, blocks to support ties at the ends thereof and having depressed seats thereon, ties adapted to said seats, the ties being in the form of I-beams, the base 110 flanges of said ties projecting at the ends beyond the webs of the ties, the said blocks having rail seats crossing the tie seats and the ties having openings therethrough of inverted T-shape to accommodate the base flanges and the webs of the rails, and bolts engaging the blocks and the projecting ends of the base flanges of the ties.

8. In a railway, blocks to support ties at the ends, ties having base flanges and webs and formed with openings of inverted L- shape above the base flanges to receive the flanges and webs of rails, the ends of the base flanges of the ties projecting beyond the webs, straps connecting adjacent ties at the said projecting ends of the base flanges, and bolts uniting the said blocks, the straps, and the said projecting ends of the ties.

4:. In a railway, end blocks to support ties, ties in the form of I-beams having support at their ends on the said blocks, said ties having openings of inverted T-shape to re ceive the flanges and the webs of rails, rails extending through said openings, fish plates at the joints of the rails, there being ties bearing against the fish plates at opposite ends thereof, straps connecting the said ties outside of the rails, and means for securing the straps and the ties to the blocks.

5. In a railway, end blocks having depressed seats therein at the top, ties in the form of I-bea1ns, the base plates of which are accommodated in said seats, the outer ends of the base flanges extending beyond the webs and tops of the ties, inverted T- shaped openings in the ties inward from the ends to accommodate the webs and flanges of the rails, the blocks having depressed rail seats above the tie seats and on a level with the base flanges of the ties, straps extending between the said projecting ends of adjacent ties, and bolts securing the said straps and the projecting ends of the ties to the blocks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES SCI-IAFFER.

Witnesses:

Soorr WHITE, PETE ARENENTS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, 11y addressing the Commissioner of Iatcnts,

Washington, D. G. 

